A MIRV is a multiple independently targetable vehicle.
Here, military personnel assemble a four part warhead.
Here is a MIRV, or I should say it's head. Basically it is a configuration of multiple nuclear warheads that can be affixed to a single missile body. The military "innovation" allows for a more devestating first attack against a percieved enemy.
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| Here is an artist's conceptualization of its fierce attack. |
Finally, here is a schematic of an ICBM with a MIRV carrying at least 8 nuclear warheads. It would seem that total anihilation--not surrender, is the goal.
Tomorrow's Question:
What is the collective name for a group of nightengales?
My Mensan husband doesn't know that one either--sounds like a broken record. Have a nice day, Check out Trish's Myspace page for cool clips and more.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, April 19, 2011; Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff's Instruction, http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/dod/cjcsi5220_01.pdf; MX Missile Schematic, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/W87_MX_Missile_schematic.jpg/220px-W87_MX_Missile_schematic.jpg; MIRV re-entry vehicles, http://images-partners-tbn.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcReNExSEnrOphxWdRpb6KOW8s13T9p5uBERhlFBw2yhDyQOJ5Fl1wbOqUg:upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/MX_MIRV_reentry_vehicles.jpg; National Museum of the Air Force Military, http://images-partners-tbn.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRP_mjUBqIFatHiwUYurBgEAOxxpBNP00hxv3FBa0jtWc34wRI2pfVYml0:www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/080424-F-1234P-005.jpg)
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